By Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune When President Donald Trump met Syria’s new president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, for the first time last month, he came away impressed with the man’s vision, stamina and ...

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024, after the rebel military operation “Deterrence of Aggression” and the establishment of a ...

Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime ...

Under the plan, some 3,500 foreign fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and neighbouring countries, would join a newly-formed ...

A naturalized U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty to receiving military training from the Islamic State in Syria was sentenced to ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — An American flag was hoisted outside of the long-shuttered U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus on ...

The US military announced Thursday that a recent airstrike had killed an Islamic State group official in northwest Syria. In ...

Reports indicate hundreds of soldiers may be withdrawn, and US forces may move from bases near the Euphrates River to ...

“We can start planning.” U.S. sanctions on Syria date back to the 1970s, when Washington declared the country a state sponsor of terrorism. Additional sanctions were imposed over the past 14 ...

In a ceremony attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani ... first time the U.S. flag had flown above Damascus since Washington shut down its embassy in 2012 in response to violence ...

An American flag was raised outside of the long-shuttered US ambassador’s residence in Damascus on Thursday, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government. The US ...